I've been working endless hours on screenplays in the horror genre mainly the Slasher sub genre for over 5 years now and while I've dabbled in other genres when writing I've only released Horror films .

I've been asking myself the same question many times a day lately, that question being "How many times can you reinvent the wheel?" Think about that question in the context of everything you've read to this point ..

By : Jamie Santamore

I love horror and I love writing horror but there comes a time when you want to challenge yourself creatively I can write a Slasher screenplay in a day or two because it come so easily to me. that's not a challenge at all . I've been thinking about this for about a year now and I started working on a few projects outside of the horror genre and while they are projects that I'm very passionate about they are well outside my comfort zone .

One is a Action / hero story the other is a Sci-Fi story that I'm really into right now both screenplays have had many different drafts because I'm working to make them as close to perfectly written as I can before moving forward with them .

I don't want people to think I'm turning my back on horror because I'm not I love the genre and I will always come back to it (Shhh I'm working on a project secretly that will be my return to the genre after I get a few non horror project out)

I will complete the Sins of Man Trilogy and my short Suspense / Thriller "The Vengeful One" then I will be taking a break from the horror / Slasher genre for an extended period of time to recharge my brain and hopefully expand my skill set and be an even better writer when it's all said and done.

This decision is not one I came to easily because I love horror so much but I also have other interests I love Sci-Fi Star Wars, Terminator, Predator, Independence Day, Aliens these are some of my favorite Sci-Fi films . I'm very much an action movie fan Die Hard being my favorite action movie . I also love the Marvel and DC Superhero movies as well.

I'll give you alittle bit of info on each project . The Sci-Fi project is going to have some cool characters in it with a great story (Alot more complex then a slasher script) I think I have a cool story to tell that I've been ironing out the details and lining things up for about 6 months now (I had a title before I had written one line of outline) I will be writing another draft of the script shortly.

Now as far as the Action / hero screenplay this is a story that I have always wanted to write. This is another complex story that I feel is much more complex then a slasher film it has more moving parts and characters that we root for and others we root against. This project is dedicated to my brother who inspired me to challenge myself with this story.

This departure from the horror / slasher genre is something I feel I have to do in order to grow as an artist and writer . I can't stress this enough this isn't goodbye to the horror world more like Until next time .....

Things have been touch and go for a long time here at Wicked Carnival Productions with the expansion of Top Guy Productions (Our short film house) and the relaunch on The Maine Morgue YouTube channel . Now it's no secret that we have had many false starts on the film side of our business and that's very much my fault for picking the projects that I did, they way they were shot and all the post production work that goes into those projects and I take 100% of the blame for those decisions .

I've always been 100 percent transparent with my fans and supporters and I always will be and that is why I'm writing this blog today . Now I've done Six videos for The Maine Morgue and have enjoyed doing them and the biggest reason I enjoy doing them is they are done in house here in my office, I shoot them here, make the intro and outtero packages here as well as mix the audio tracks here in house.

If A video doesn't get shot it falls on me I try to shoot and release a couple of videos a week but it's hard with a family life, three autistic children, health issues of my own and running two companies, five twitter pages, 5 facebook accounts, 5 e-mail accounts, 2 websites, an instagram account and the YouTube channel things can get out of control quickly and without me really seeing it .

I'm focused on getting The Maine Morgue off the ground and if film projects come to be that's great. With all of that said I would like to say that this is NOT me quitting making films. I have 5 scripts that are supposed to be shot over the next several years with my partner Chris Fyfe who is an amazingly talent person who is in high demand right now and simply doesn't have time to work with me on these projects and I'm not even mad about it. Chris is working on his projects building his already huge brand each and everyday and I'm happy for him he deserves all the success he's having . I have friends who I gave them their break into film and they are killin' it out there on the big and small screen respectfully and I'm happy for each and everyone of them as well .

AGAIN I want to state I am NOT quitting film making or shutting down Wicked Carnival Productions I'm simply stating that with everything happening right now I can't continue on this path of writing scripts just for the sake of writing scripts that are just taking up space on my computer they may never see the light of day. I'm channeling my energy into The Maine Morgue and having fun with that .

I love every single person I've ever worked with in this industry and have no ill will towards anyone I simply need to focus on they projects that I can control and not the ones that I need a team around me to complete because I simply do not have the team right now to make those projects happen.

I'm in a good place right now and I CAN NOT stress enough that I an NOT quitting film making simply waiting for the time to be right to move forward ......

Until Next Time Stay Safe out there and Stay Humble, Stay Hungry my friends !